If I had a wish list for whatever happens between those two in the next movie, #1 would really be that she makes fun of his hair after the whole peacock blowout he had when he first shows his face to her. Like how Han's ego is tied up with the Falcon, you'd guess Ben's ego is tied up with his hair.

I really want to know why his hair looks wet. Is it water or some kind of styling product or has he just not washed his hair in several weeks. Maybe he crash landed on Ahch-to without any shampoo or other hair care products. Poor Kylo!

Actually,not washing your hair can be a sign of depression; I'm a depressant myself and although I can't get through the day without a shower, during 'bad times' I've gone without washing or even brushing my hair. Just couldn't be bothered.And we've yet to see how Rey cutting his face open has affected him - we know he's not disfigured but to Kylo it's both a disfigurement and a symbol of what he'll see as 'failure'. Add to that his psychological torment over killing his father and who knows what's going through his mind at the moment.

Yes, that's true and those are good points. Hair care will probably not be at the top of his list in TLJ. His hair, whether washed or unwashed, will probably lack volume throughout the movie. I just wonder if his hair is wet from fighting in the rain or jumping into the ocean (maybe to save Rey! ) or something like that. I guess we'll find out in December.

Yeah, that seems like the obvious possibility since they're both slicers. But as you pointed out, BdT should be too young to play a 30-years-older Conder. Plus, Conder always struck me as somewhat idealistic, morals-wise, so something awful must have happened to make him disillusioned enough to turn mercenary.

I'm trying to remember if there were any other slicers in those books. Maybe whoever planted the bug on Leia? I can't remember if that character was ever named.

Those drawings sure don't scream enemy cousin-siblings who fight to the death, that's for sure.

So TCM had all John Wayne movies yesterday, so I caught The Searchers showing and besides the details which were referenced in the OT and PT and in TLJ's trailer, another interesting detail stands out. When the homestead realizes that they're under siege and they're battoning down for the attack, Debbie's parents try to get her out of sight by passing her through the window. There's a detail with her doll and she's given instructions to run and wait for them in a safe location. Granted it's a classic detail in films about the lost child separated/orphaned from their parents. And it's been discussed here before about some classic examples (biggest being Les Miserables) when you show a young girl with a doll, what that's usually meant to represent about lost/fragile innocence. But seeing how it's referenced in Star Wars sure did have me thinking for a second about how that may end up shaping Rey's backstory. A similar situation between the warring groups/factions and her parents handed her off in similar fashion for safe keeping. And in the case of The Searchers, it starts out very much showing the good guys and bad guys, but the further it goes along, the more it becomes clear that the good guys aren't so good themselves. They're frequently as bloodthirsty and potentially more zealous than their opponents.